ENG-1061-VO23 - English Composition
Synonym: 207681
Location: Online
Credits: 3 (45 hours)
Day/Times: Meets online
Semester Dates: 09-07-2021 to 12-20-2021
Last day to drop without a grade: 09-27-2021 - Refund Policy
Last day to withdraw (W grade): 11-08-2021 - Refund Policy
Faculty: Sue Brennan
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Course Description:
In this course, students develop effective composition skills and research techniques. Students learn strategies for organizing, evaluating, and revising their work through extensive reading of a variety of essay styles and literary texts; apply writing and research techniques to their papers; and demonstrate proficiency in first-year college-level writing and information literacy.
Essential Objectives:
The successful student will be able to:
1. Consistently apply an appropriate writing process that includes planning, drafting, revising, and editing.
2. Demonstrate in written work an awareness of the relationship among writer, subject, audience, and purpose.
3. Demonstrate writing proficiency with a range of rhetorical approaches to include narration, exposition, argument, and critical analysis and recognize the stylistic and structural strategies in the writing of others.
4. Discuss writing by authors from diverse (such as racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and gender) backgrounds to explore how perspectives and experiences may shape voice in composition.
5. Focus written work around an explicit central thesis, a position statement or proposition advanced by the writer that is arguable and supportable and develop the thesis systematically, using specific details and supporting evidence.
6. Compose written work that demonstrates effective use of sentence structure, paragraphing, grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling.
7. Demonstrate proficiency in research writing skills by completing one or more papers that:
a) Develop and support an arguable thesis;
b) Locate, evaluate, and incorporate appropriate scholarly and professional sources, including primary and secondary evidence as needed, to address an academic research question;
c) Appropriately acknowledge and document sources, using standard MLA or APA styles.
Textbooks:
Fall 2021 textbook data will be available on May 3.
On that date a link will be available below that will take you to eCampus, CCV's bookstore. The information provided there will be for this course only. Please see this page for more information regarding the purchase of textbooks.
Methods:
Writing assignments and activities (60% of final grade).
These assignments will make up the bulk of the work you do in this course, and will often connect to work you do in the other categories. This category includes all essays, research preparation, and any work leading up to these assignments.
Readings and Discussions (30% of final grade).
These assignments will allow you to process three types of content:
Grammar activities and application (10% of final grade). These assignments will allow you to practice relevant writing conventions and later apply those rules to your own writing.
Grading Criteria:
A: For any work to receive an "A," it must clearly be exceptional or outstanding work. It must demonstrate keen insight and original thinking. It must not only demonstrate full understanding of the topic or issues addressed, but it must also provide a critical analysis of these. In addition, an "A" grade reflects a student's ability to clearly and thoughtfully articulate his or her learning.
B: For any work to receive a "B," it must be good to excellent work. It must demonstrate strong originality, comprehension, critical thinking, and attention to detail. In addition, a "B" grade reflects a student's ability to clearly articulate his or her learning.
C: For any work to receive a "C," it must meet the expectations of the assignment. It must demonstrate solid comprehension, critical thinking, and attention to detail. In addition, a "C" grade reflects a student's ability to adequately articulate his or her learning.
D: For any work to receive a "D," it must marginally meet the expectations of the assignment. It demonstrates minimal comprehension, critical thinking, and attention to detail. In addition, a "D" grade may reflect a student's difficulty in articulating his or her learning.
F: Work that receives an "F" grade does not meet the expectations or objectives of the assignment. It demonstrates consistent problems with comprehension, organization, critical thinking, and supporting details. In addition, an "F" grade reflects a student's inability to articulate his or her learning. Students are strongly urged to discuss this grade with their instructor and advisor.
P: Equivalent to D (+/-) or better and therefore course will not count as credit for specific program requirements or competence area requirements.
NP: indicates failure to meet course objectives and/or failure to meet grading criteria for successful completion as described in the instructor's course description.
Attendance Policy:
Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential components of a student's success in college and are completion requirements for courses at CCV. Because this is an online course, attendance will be measured through your timely participation in each stage of the weekly discussion. Please be aware that missing more than three (3) classes will result in a non-satisfactory grade. A pattern of late arrival or early departure will constitute absence at the instructor's discretion.
Contact Faculty:
Email: Susan Brennan
Hiring Coordinator for this course: Cynthia Swanson
Notes: Please don't wait to reach out to me if you need anything; no question is too small or too big! I am here to help, but I can only do that if I know what is going on. I can be reached via the weekly Q&A discussion board, via email, or via a Zoom meeting by arrangement.
Syllabus:
Weekly Assignment Summary
(More detailed information can be found in the course modules)
Week 1:
- Readings: They Say/I Say Introduction and Chapters 12/13
- Discussion: Course Introductions
- Writing: Canvas/Course Scavenger Hunt and Narrative Elements activities
- Grammar: How to Use InQuizitive; How to Make the Most of the Little Seagull Handbook
Week 2:
- Readings:They Say/I Say Chapters 1 and 2
- Discussion: Informal Check-In
- Writing: Narrative Essay Draft
- Grammar: Editing the Errors that Matter
Week 3:
- Readings:They Say/I Say Chapter 3; Essay: "The Other Side is Not Dumb"
- Discussion: Response to Essay
- Writing: Mini-Essay #1: Summarizing
- Grammar: Sentence Fragments; Comma Splices; Fused Sentences
Week 4:
- Readings:They Say/I Say Chapter 4; Essays: "Has Coronavirus Made the Internet Better?" and "How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds"
- Discussion: Response to Essays
- Writing: MLA Formatting; Narrative Revision
- Grammar: Punctuating Quotations; Incorporating Quotations
Week 5:
- Readings:They Say/I Say Chapter 5; Essays: "It's Time for 'They'" and "Why We Need Title IX Now More Than Ever"
- Discussion:Response to Essays
- Writing: Mini-Essay #2: Quoting
- Grammar: Pronouns in the Wrong Case; Pronouns that Don't Agree with their Antecedents; Pronouns with Unclear Reference
Week 6:
- Readings:They Say/I Say Chapter 15; Essays: "Google, Democracy, and the Truth About the Internet Search" and "Are We Really As Awful As We Act Online?"
- Discussion:Response to Essays
- Writing: Hartness Library Tutorials
- Grammar: Finding Sources; Evaluating Sources; Fact-Checking Sources
Week 7:
- Readings:They Say/I Say Chapters 6 and 7
- Discussion: Feedback on Topics/Driving Questions
- Writing: Topic Development
- Grammar: Synthesizing Ideas; Integrating Sources; Documentation: MLA Format
Week 8:
- Readings:They Say/I Say Chapters 9 and 10
- Discussion:Response to Essays
- Writing: Preliminary Research
- Grammar: Mixed Constructions; Subject-Verb Agreement; Verb Tense and Verb Forms
Week 9:
- Readings:They Say/I Say Chapters 9 and 10
- Discussion: Feedback on Working Thesis Statements
- Writing: Developing Working Thesis Statements
- Grammar: Omitted Commas; Unnecessary Commas; Apostrophe Errors
Week 10:
- Readings: Essays: "'We Are the Wildfire': How to Fight the Climate Crisis" and "Choking Oceans with Plastic"
- Discussion:Response to Essays
- Writing: Additional Research
- Grammar: Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers; Words Often Confused
Week 11:
- Readings: Essays: "Hillbilly Elegy" and "What Hillbilly Elegy Reveals About Race in Twenty-First Century America"
- Discussion:Response to Essays
- Writing: Essay Outline
- Grammar: Review Quiz
Week 12:
- Readings: None (Thanksgiving Break Week)
- Discussion:Informal Check-In
- Writing: Working on Essay Draft
- Grammar: Identifying Problem Areas
Week 13:
- Readings:They Say/I Say Chapter 11
- Discussion:Informal Check-In
- Writing: Working on Essay Draft
- Grammar: Problem Areas Review
Week 14:
- Readings: Essays: "An End to Sexism in Gaming Communities" and "The Coronavirus is a Disaster for Feminism"
- Discussion:Response to Essays
- Writing: Submit Essay to Tutor.Com and process feedback
- Grammar: Essay Proofreading Plan
Week 15:
- Readings: none
- Discussion:Final Reflections
- Writing: Final Draft of Essay submitted; Course Evaluation submitted
- Grammar: MLA/Proofreading Checklist submitted with essay
Accessibility Services for Students with Disabilities: CCV strives to mitigate barriers to course access for students with documented disabilities. To request accommodations, please
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Provide disability documentation to the Accessibility Coordinator at your academic center. https://ccv.edu/discover-resources/students-with-disabilities/
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Request an appointment to meet with accessibility coordinator to discuss your request and create an accommodation plan.
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Once created, students will share the accommodation plan with faculty. Please note, faculty cannot make disability accommodations outside of this process.
Academic Honesty: CCV has a commitment to honesty and excellence in academic work and expects the same from all students. Academic dishonesty, or cheating, can occur whenever you present -as your own work- something that you did not do. You can also be guilty of cheating if you help someone else cheat. Being unaware of what constitutes academic dishonesty (such as knowing what plagiarism is) does not absolve a student of the responsibility to be honest in his/her academic work. Academic dishonesty is taken very seriously and may lead to dismissal from the College.
Course description details subject to change. Please refer to this document frequently.
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